"Sir Cliff has never once replied to any criticism that he allegedly entered the profession as a male prostitute, although rumours persist that many performers have refused to share a stage with him in the past.

"The Metropolitan police have security cameras trained on the Chelsea army barracks and have also allegedly complained unofficially of Cliff Richard’s car number constantly being flagged up on numerous occasions as Sir Cliff was rumoured to be trying to chat up the soldiers."

In 1949 Cliff's father (above) obtained employment in the credit control office of Thorn Electrical Industries (EMI), which reputedly had connections to MI5.

In 1992, a Mr Charlie Ronce, reportedly a liar and fantasist, convinced the editor of a tabloid newspaper that Sir Cliff Richard had become a Satanist at a ceremony in 1957.

Ronce introduced one of the newspaper's reporters to 67-year old Reggie Painter, supposedly a former High Priest of the Willesden Satanist Chapter, who claimed to have presided over the ceremony in Highgate cemetery.

Within hours of the story being printed Sir Cliff's lawyers started legal proceedings for libel and thousands of copies of the newspaper were recalled and pulped.

'Senior fan' Jane Thompson said: "Devil Woman is not the product of some songwriter’s imagination, she is a real person.

"She was born Marjorie Robertson in Yeovil in 1954.

"By the age of 21 she had become a full-time satanist and Lucifer’s most trusted minion in the South West...

"Since 1976 we have been engaged in a secret battle for the soul of Britain...

"And now Devil Woman has escalated this conflict once again with these baseless accusations. We must hope and pray that the police and judicial system are able to resist Marjorie Robertson’s powerful sexuality."

Richard Cassini, vice-president of one of the leading special event companies behind the trip, emailed the Lord Provost Sadie Docherty to inform her of the boycott.

Mr Cassini wrote: "I was spearheading an event in Glasgow for 600 business visitors to be guests of your wonderful city.

"We were scheduling six days in Glasgow, three for business and three for leisure time.

"Having read your statement endorsing Hamas and its leadership due to the number of Muslims in your city, I have decided to cancel all plans for our trip.

"We are a Fortune 500 company, so costs were really not a serious consideration, location was.

"Hopefully, the Muslim population that you so sincerely endorse will have the spending power of the very people you have chased away so well."

The council confirmed today that they had received the email but had not yet replied because of the volume of responses to the decision to fly the flag.

A council spokeswoman said: "The council has received more than 1,500 emails/calls/online forms, etc, about the flag and is responding to each."

Mr Cassini insisted his decision to abandon the trip to Glasgow would not be reversed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/hundreds-of-us-visitors-cancel-glasgow-trip-following-councils-decision-to-fly-palest.1408358239?